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Draft Arun Shourie

Gaurav has started an effort to Draft Arun Shourie to be BJP’s candidate for prime minister. I own few of Arun Shourie’s books and have learned a great deal from his meticulous research. His Eminent...

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Layoff Patterns

In Saudi Arabia In a move that may affect hundreds of expatriates, including Indians, Saudi Arabia has asked all companies in the kingdom to fire foreigners first, if they have to layoff staff. “Labour...

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Register and Vote

The elections have been announced and if you have not registered to vote, this would be a good time to go Jaago Re and register online. No related posts.

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The Carrots can Wait

On February 12th, more than two months after 26/11, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik acknowledged that some part of the planning for the Mumbai attacks were done in Pakistan. Pakistani...

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Rashomon Effect (8)

Frits Staal, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley in Mantras and Bird Songs This applies equally to apparently “meaningless” mantras such as om or hum phat and to apparently “meaningful” mantras such as...

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Rashomon Effect (9)

Recently Mahatma Gandhi’s personal items were sold at an auction and it was bought by the Indian businessman Vijaya Mallaya. Culture Minister, Ambika Soni: “We have been able to procure them through...

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Two Fiction Writers

1863: In 1863, six years before the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain was working as a journalist in Virginia City, Nevada. Mr. Clemens had adopted a new pen name and according to his own words was,...

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Advice for Peace Missions to Pakistan

After the Mumbai massacre, 13 Indians went to Pakistan to promote peace and friendship. The delegation includes eminent Indian personalities like former Indian diplomat and journalist Kuldip Nayar,...

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The Death of Chanakya

In Episode 2 of The Story of India, Michael Wood, journeys from Patna to Sravanabelagola following the footsteps of Chandragupta Maurya. According to Jain tradition, after a teacher warned Chandragupta...

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Communists do a Nehru

In election posters dead people are mandatory. But in Kerala, the featured dead people are Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat. India’s ties with Israel is the biggest crisis facing Kerala right now...

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